Author Archives: Yves Smith
That’s Not MY Greenhouse Gas!
Climate pacts like the Paris Accord do little because they focus on in-country greenhouse gas emissions, not ones based on consumption.
Read more...Why Does the Euro Area Have Such Low Growth and High Unemployment?
Why has the Euro area not delivered on its economic promise?
Read more...Confirming Details for Next Wed, Nov. 15 Atlanta and Monday Nov. 20 Birmingham Meetups
Confirming time and venue for our upcoming Atlanta and Birmingham meetups!
Read more...Matt Bruenig: Land as Soil and Land as Space
Looking at arguments used to justify original claims on land (meaning private ownership versus common ownership or use).
Read more...More Signs Brexit Negotiations Coming Apart
More less than encouraging news on the Brexit front.
Read more...Trump’s “$250 Billion” of China Trade Deals: As Usual, Hype Greatly Exceeds Reality
Trump’s much ballyhooed China trade deal gives way less than meets the eye.
Read more...Kingdom Of Fear: Saudi Arabia On Lockdown
Saudi Arabia is in the midst of a political and informational crackdown.
Read more...CalPERS Corruption Watch: Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos Takes Illegal Business Solicitations From Recent Employee
On the one hand, the latest public disclosure of misconduct by CalPERS executives and staff isn’t earthshaking. On the other, it was still significant enough to merit a Financial Times story. And it also illustrates a thumb-nosing attitude toward the law that has become a CalPERS trademark. In a Financial Times FundFire article, Ex-CalPERS Exec’s […]
Read more...Why You Should NEVER Buy an Amazon Echo or Even Get Near One
Why Amazon’s Echo, Google’s Home, and other “home assistants” are a threat to your privacy.
Read more...European Worries About Isolationist Trends
European leaders ponder how to defend internationalism. They realize that the response to the crisis created innocent losers. But what now?
Read more...LA School Board Ready to Rumble Over Charter Schools
The LA school board is finally cracking down on charter schools’ intransigence.
Read more...How to Fight the Global Wall Street Landlords
Local activists are having some success in fighting Big Finance landlords who have become big, ruthless players in rental housing.
Read more...Links 11/8/17
What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.
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